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Nintendo E3 Site Opens: E3 Direct one hour long. Teases some games.
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Fourth Storm
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This just goes to reinforce how mind meltingly awesome E3 2006 was for Nintendo and how far they've fallen from that path. I mean, how could they go from THAT to
edit: I mean c'mon! Opening a conference with Miyamoto directing a virtual orchestra with the wiimote and then going into a montage of game after game after game! All that hype and potential surrounding motion, red steel still being a 1:1 simulation in our hearts and minds, galaxy hitting blindsiding everyone with how gorgeous it was, prime 3, zelda, excite truck, warioware, BLAAARGH AAAH *EXPLODES*
I hear yah. It was great to be a Wii owner from 2006 to about the first half of 2008. Nintendo was delivering on the software front like nobody's business. The amazingly fresh concept of Wii was communicated to perfection in that video as well. That lack of HD graphics was a mere afterthought when you had games like Galaxy, Metroid, Brawl, etc on the horizon.
Nintendo need to get their mojo back...
VGAddict91
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It's too bad Nintendo screwed EA over with Origin, or they wouldn't be in so much trouble.
Amazing.
GiantEnemyGoomba
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The first two are Pikmin and W101. We've had a couple insiders say two of the demos are games we've seen and two are game we haven't seen. Those two games are the best fit for the former. Considering Mario and MK are the only two games Nintendo have specifically said will be playable at E3, they make the most sense for the games we haven't seen, like others have mentioned.
Fourth pretty much reminded me, E3 2006 was my gold standard for Nintendo E3s just because they had a very clear to detail idea on what the next big thing from them was. I dunno if they'll finally be able to do the thing that makes Wii U "click" this E3, but I know for sure that they better have the games going.
Steve McQueen
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So Good.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Wii U would be selling terribly with or without EA
GiantEnemyGoomba
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We have? Where was this said?
Alberto said it on Gaf and Emily Rogers said it on Twitter.
Spieler Eins
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'the fuck is Attack on Titan? I thought this was Godzilla :lol
Especially since they already fucked up the first Wii U reveal earlier, I was sure they'd have a show similar to their other launch E3s. Oh howcrushed perplexed I was when the show ended last year 
Needless to say, if they don't finally go full out this time, then this console is dead.
Especially since they already fucked up the first Wii U reveal earlier, I was sure they'd have a show similar to their other launch E3s. Oh how
Needless to say, if they don't finally go full out this time, then this console is dead.
EA pushing Nintendo to do DRM but Nintendo saying no probably makes more sense.
ArcaneFreeze
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So giving EA full control over their online infrastructure would be even better? How did Nintendo screw EA over when EA was the one who left? Damned if they do Damned if they dont, give control to EA or let them walk it would have ended badly either way.
Wow, that show and that hype pic.
I had zero hype for E3 Direct, this changes everything, hahah. Well done!
VGAddict91
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It'd still be better than Nintendo's backwards online.
We can all be thankful Microsoft didn't 'screw EA over'. Dat Xbox One. What a platform.
oh that's pretty much the tone of it then.
Let me take a go at this hrrmph.
This is the E3 where Wii U will prove its worth. This is the E3 where megaton upon megaton will be dropped. This is the E3 where legends are made. This is the E3 where general Miyamoto, Luitenant Koizumi, Colonel Sakurai, Captain Aonuma and Major Kamiya will launch their megatons on an unsuspecting populous. This time its all about the games.
President Iwata.
Direct to you.
This is the E3 where Wii U will prove its worth. This is the E3 where megaton upon megaton will be dropped. This is the E3 where legends are made. This is the E3 where general Miyamoto, Luitenant Koizumi, Colonel Sakurai, Captain Aonuma and Major Kamiya will launch their megatons on an unsuspecting populous. This time its all about the games.
President Iwata.
Direct to you.
metalslimer
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On the positive side the lack od 3rd party games means a complete focus on their own titles they have to show. Remember when they highlighted fthe fucking conduit at e3 2009
Also ive officially become hyped as hell for this. It feels like such a long time ive been excited about nintendos console. 3ds has been good bu ive always been more of a console gamer
Also ive officially become hyped as hell for this. It feels like such a long time ive been excited about nintendos console. 3ds has been good bu ive always been more of a console gamer
Strange DRM license policy aside, it's actually superior to the current PSN and XBL in many ways - and surprisingly close to what Sony and MS are planning for next gen. Not to mention Nintendo did the right thing and decided to create their own social network instead of relying on something like Facebook.
Blood Diamonds
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why can't this thing hurry up already -__-
That doesn't make me happy, I don't expect Wii U getting every game but third parties can help Wii U sell, so hopefully Nintendo either convinces them or pulls a Microsoft and moneyhats them.
fabricated backlash
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I bet on no. Unless they completely turn it around, this showing will be little more than damage control to save the holiday. They might finally settle on a coherent message about the WiiU, but we already know all their big guns:
Smash, Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda and maybe Wii Sports.
Unless they plan on showing something for 2014 expect very little surprises or stuff that really sets the console apart or would turn it's failure into a sprawling butterfly of sales and market relevance.
I personally think I know what to expect from Nintendo themselves. The same tried and true franchises that I know I'll love and that I know will be incredible to play, but I absolutely expect them to be mind numbingly predictable.
The only wildcards really are Retro and some toke 3rd party games that Nintendo might fund.
SEGAvangelist
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Why would anyone pronounce .gif with a hard G sound? If it were spelled .ghif, I'd understand. I didn't even realize people did this until I watched the NeoGAF documentary. It sounds so weird to hear it pronounced that way.
Nintendo isnt really in the business of moneyhatting.
Exterminieren
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Team .gif folyfe. You Jaffers are crazy.
Yea, also those odd 3rd-party exclusives they get (which strangely usually appeal to me).
Well to be fair, when the Conduit was shown, it looked like it had potential somewhat, but after release...lol
Hard G pls
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Yea, also those odd 3rd-party exclusives they get (which strangely usually appeal to me).
Well to be fair, when the Conduit was shown, it looked like it had potential somewhat, but after release...lol
why can't this thing hurry up already -__-
Hard G pls
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It seems they are moneyhatting with Bayonetta 2 (I know Nintendo is helping development but Nintendo is willing to take exclusives), and the Sonic 3 games.
And more.
They are doing better this gen already than last gen.
They definitely won't moneyhat DLC though.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Predictible as in? I dont think any game should be predectible for the sake of thr Wii U.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Giving EA full control is potentially nightmarish for so many reasons.
Nintendo's online is stable and, 1st day hiccups aside, reliable. It's missing certain social features available elsewhere but that doesn't get in the way of what devs can actually do with games and the sale of products.
Of course the biggest offender is a lack of unified accounts but that may still be fixed, maybe even in the near future
I think Nintendo needs one or two casual games in this Direct, on top of Wii Fit U and Wii Party U. Wii Sports U could be it, but I'm thinking of something brand new that shows the rest of us why a gamepad is a great idea for consoles. The Wii was selling like hotcakes because of people wanting to find out about motion controls + wii sports. Wii U has nothing close to that. It's what they need to show us.
metalslimer
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Dont get your hopes up. At best you can hope for a few collaborations to be revealed but the industry as bad as its doing is not investing money into a console selling like wiij
VGAddict91
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Don't remind me of Nintendo bullying PG into making Bayonetta 2 Wii U exclusive, where it's bound to flop.
metalslimer
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The casual audience is not going to leave tableta and phones for wiiu. Also the fact this is a direct and no one who cares about those games will be watching I will be disappointed id they waste their time focusing on them
Because that's exactly how it happened, right? :lol
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Its gonna do good dont worry
Blood Diamonds
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fuuuuuu
I dont know the definiton of moneyhatting but that isnt really my idea of it. To me moneyhatting means paying to get a port on your console, paying for exclusive content or exclusivity. Picking up a game that nobody else wanted to finance it and publish it isnt really moneyhatting to me. Lego City, or Sonic could actually fit my definiton better but I dont really know the story on those.
SEGAvangelist
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When an I or E comes after a G, there is usually a modifier like an H after the vowel to make the G sound hard. "A" doesn't need the modifier, so GAF would never be pronounced with a soft G.
gif = jiffy lube
hell yeah
gif = jiffy lube
hell yeah
metalslimer
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Depends on your definition of good
Exterminieren
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Ah, this is adorable.
Where would you be playing it if it wasn't coming out on Wii U?
FlashbladeGAF
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In the case of BAYO 2 is it considered moneyhatting if a multi-platform game is cancelled?
Moneyhatting just sounds so negative.
If Ninty helped co-develop S3 I'd call it something more heroic than moneyhatting
I hope they absolutely show Wii Sports U. I love me some Wii Sports. Fun is fun.
Blood Diamonds
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you shut your whore mouth
Spieler Eins
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I think their biggest chance for a turn around might lie in the NFC. Not sure what they are waiting for, I think some Japanese/Nintendo equivalent of Skylanders might have far bigger chances to be their next ,,Wii Sports'' and catch a new casual crowd/heavily expand among kids. But instead they might still save up Wii Fit and all these other minigame copies from last gen with little to no effort to put in, not realising that their audience is gone.
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